3:46 PM ET Gordon Hayward will undergo surgery on his fractured left hand in New York on Monday afternoon, and a timeline on his return to the Boston Celtics will come after the procedure, his agent, Mark Bartelstein of Priority Sports, told ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski. Hayward suffered the injury in Saturday’s 135-115 win over the
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2:52 PM ET SAN FRANCISCO — Golden State Warriors forward Draymond Green will play against the Utah Jazz on Monday night after missing the last five games because of a torn ligament in his left finger. “It’s improved,” Green said of his finger after Monday’s shootaround. “It’s not all the way 100 percent. I’ll be
12:12 PM ET Even before a startling news conference in the wake of a blowout loss to Cleveland, New York Knicks president Steve Mills had started to lay the internal groundwork for the eventual dismissal of coach David Fizdale, league sources told ESPN. Mills is selling owner James Dolan on a roster constructed to be
2:27 AM ET LOS ANGELES — Following a 113-104 loss to the Toronto Raptors on Sunday, Los Angeles Lakers star Anthony Davis admitted he is still feeling discomfort in his right shoulder that he jammed on a missed dunk attempt two weeks ago. “There’s really never a play I don’t feel it,” Davis said. He
11:08 PM ET After a 21-point blowout loss at home to the Cleveland Cavaliers on Sunday, New York Knicks president Steve Mills and general manager Scott Perry addressed the media to express their displeasure with the team’s struggles. “We’re not happy with where we are,” said Mills. “This is not where we expected to be
10:11 PM ET Paul George‘s Clippers teammates surprised the star forward Sunday at a Fresno State jersey retirement ceremony. George, who played two years for the Bulldogs, watched his No. 24 jersey lifted into the rafters with Clippers team owner Steve Balmer and several teammates, including Patrick Beverley, Landry Shamet, Ivica Zubac and Jerome Robinson,
7:43 PM ET ESPN News Services Nikola Jokic hit a fadeaway jumper with 2.4 seconds left to give the Denver Nuggets a 100-98 overtime victory over the Minnesota Timberwolves on Sunday — just two days after hitting another game-winner to beat the 76ers. On Friday, the Nuggets’ All-NBA center hit a 20-foot jumper over Sixers’
5:03 PM ET The Miami Heat have suspended guard Dion Waiters 10 games without pay for conduct detrimental to the team following an incident on the team charter on Thursday. It is Waiters’ second suspension of the season. Waiters experienced a “panic attack” on the team’s flight from Phoenix to Los Angeles after consuming a
9:16 AM ET Houston, we have a Westbrook … now what? Following the initial shock of the Russell Westbrook trade to the Houston Rockets, there were three immediate questions about the superstar on the court: Can Westbrook shoot well enough to play in Houston’s system? Can Westbrook and James Harden coexist? Does Westbrook make the
10:13 AM ET Nick DePaulaESPN After debuting with Brooklyn for a fresh start this fall, Kyrie Irving also debuted his latest signature shoe, taking advantage of the team’s muted black-and-white jerseys to make the most of his pink and blue limited-edition Kyrie 6. Inspired by Tokyo, the sneakers are part of an 11-city exclusive pack,